1156 |
The lords of Weikersheim are mentioned for the first time in a
document. They build a water castle, from which parts of the keep still
exist today. |
1586 |
Following the partitioning of estates and changes in holdings,
Count Wolfgang II receives a portion of the land and moves his
residence to Weikersheim. He commissions the Dutch architect Georg
Robin with the planning of a new palace building, which provides a
floor plan in the shape of an equilateral triangle. |
1595-98 |
The
southern palace wing ("Saalbau" - Hall Building) with the "Rittersaal"
(Hall of Knights) and the Palace Chapel is built. In addition, the
construction of the western wing is also begun, however remains
uncompleted. Around |
1600 |
A garden is laid out on the south side of the
palace. The Weikersheim "Stadtkirche" (main church) St. Georg is
expanded and reappointed. |
1643 |
The palace is plundered as a result of
the Thirty Years' War and Count Georg Friedrich must surrender his
territory to the Teutonic Order. Count Siegfried continues building. |
1679-84 |
Count Siegfried has the east wing ("Langenburger Bau" -
Langenburg Building) completed and a royal stables erected based on
plans from Paul Platz from Belfort with a gate to the palace. |
1708-12 |
Appartements are built in the Langenburger Bau. These have been
preserved virtually unchanged up until today. The bridge over the mote
is also built. |
From 1708 |
The garden is redesigned with axial inclusion
of the hall tract. |
Around 1710 |
The gardener's house and guard house are
built at the front of the garden and the two pavilions are erected at
the outer corners of the garden. The Weikersheim market square is also
laid out. |
1719-21 |
The orangery is built as the architectural limit of the garden. |
Between 1727 and 1736 |
Carl Ludwig has the hunting and pleasure palace Carlsberg built according to the plans of the architect Johann Christian Lüttich from Öttingen on a wooded hilly ridge before the town. The complex consisted of a two-story main building with a large hall and several richly appointed apartments, as well as four surrounding pavilions, referred to as the "Küchen-, Kavaliers-, Fräulein- and Gärtnerbau (Kitchen, Nobleman's, Lady's and Gardener's Building). A large part of the complex was already torn down in the late 19th century. The "Gelbe Haus" (Yellow House) and another pavilion used as a forestry museum have been preserved. |
1729 |
A stone bridge is built in the garden to
replace the old wooden bridge. The two quarter-circle arcade buildings
house the "Rentamt" (financial administration for a sovereign) and the
guard houses, and improve the urbanistic relationship to the town. |
1756 |
Count Carl Ludwig dies without heirs. The palace serves as a secondary
residence. It is subsequently only seldom used, and has thus been
preserved virtually unchanged up to today. |
1763/64 |
Johann Andreas Sommer designs and builds the court fountain and the fountain at the market square. |
1806 |
As the largest secular area, large parts of the principality of Hohenlohe fall to the newly founded Kingdom of Württemberg. 1945-73 Prince Constantin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg lives in Weikersheim Palace and sees to the preservation of the furnishings. 1967 The Hohenlohe-Langenburg family sells Weikersheim Palace to the German state of Baden-Württemberg. |
1945-73 |
Prince Constantin zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg lives in Weikersheim Palace
and sees to the preservation of the furnishings. |
1967 |
The Hohenlohe-Langenburg family sells Weikersheim Palace to the German state of Baden-Württemberg. |